3rd and 4th Guards Cavalry COrps
During the exploitation phase of Operation Bagration, as
the troops of the 1st and 3rd Byelorussian Fronts advanced on
Minsk, the Oslikovskiy Cavalry-Mechanised Group in the
North and the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group in South
led the advance behind the German lines (see Hammer and
Sickle pages 2-9).
An important component of both these groups were
the cavalry corps that made up half of each group.
The Oslikovskiy Cavalry-Mechanised Group con-
sisted of the 3rd Guards Mechanised Corps and the
3rd Guards Cavalry Corps under General Oslikovskiy.
The Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group consisted of the
1st Mechanised Corps and the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps
under General Pliev.
3rd Guards Cavalry Corps
The 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps was formed on 25 December
1941 from the 5th Cavalry Corps and consisted of the 5th and
6th Guards Cavalry Divisions and the 32nd Cavalry Division.
These cavalry divisions were all pre-war regular formations
that had survived the disastrous campaigns of 1941. Initially
the corps fought on the Bryansk Front near Smolensk. In
January 1942 the corps was sent south to take part in the
enlargement of the Izyum Bulge. The front was stabilised
by March.
The 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps next took part in the Soviet
offensive on Kharkov in May 1942. They were attached to
Oslikovskiy Cavalry-Mechanised Group, Operation Bagration
23-24 June: 9th Guards Mechanised Brigade of the 3rd Guards Mechanised
Corps drives through the breech in the German line at Bogushevsk, west
towards Senno. The 8th Guards Mechanised Brigade follows to secure
gains. Panzergruppe Hoppe counterattacks. 3rd Guards Mechanised Corps’
anti-tank guns destroy four Panzers and the attack is driven off.
25-27 June: 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps overrun the German 299.
Infanteriedivision. 0700 25 June: 120 tanks are 4km west of Bogushevsk.
Evening: Cavalry and tanks attacks Smolyany, defended by the
2. Sicherungsregiment. German VI Armeekorps, which begins to collapse.
28 June: 3rd Guards Mechanised Corps chases 201. Sicherungsdivision
(of Kampfgruppe von Saucken) all the way to the Berezina River.
N Regiment
Lepel
Begoml
Pt
Be
ic 29 June
rez
hR 2 July
ive
nai
r 2 July 28 June
Riv
5. Panzerdivision 4 July 201. Sicherungs
er
Molodechno Division
505. Schwere
Panzerabteilung 2 July
Krasnoye
Kampfgruppe
von Saucken 29 June
2-3 July: Elements of the 3rd Guards Mechanised Corps cut the railroad
20km north of Molodechno during the morning. 1200 2 July: The
Corps takes Krasnoye south of Molodechno, driving out elements of
5. Panzerdivision.
 MINSK
the 28th Army where they formed the army’s mobile group.
The army attacked north of Khakov to draw off and contain
German reserves so the armies from the south could encircle
the Germans. The attacks didn’t go to plan. Infantry forces
became pinned down reducing German strong points, and
when gaps were finally opened for the mobile forces, com-
manders delayed sending them through. When the cavalry
was finally released the Germans had closed the gap and the
cavalry was forced to join the infantry in trying to break-
through the German lines. Pursuit and exploitation opera-
tions were out of the question.
The corps spent the rest of 1942 in mobile battles in the
southwest in front of the advancing Germans, harassing
them all the way back to the Volga River. In October they
were moved to the Don Front reserves to rebuild. Due to
a shortage of horses towards the end of 1942 four cavalry
squadrons were dismounted to fight as infantry.
Despite these and other shortages, the 3rd Guards Cavalry
Corps took part in the Stalingrad counter-offensive of
November. Fighting was intense with the cavalry having
to deal with uncleared mines, tank counterattacks and, on
one occasion, a sabre-to-sabre encounter with the Romanian
1st Cavalry Division. After eight days of fighting the corps
had lost 41% of its initial strength.
The corps continued to fight on the southern front taking
part in drives on Rostov and the Mius River. In March 1943
the corps was withdrawn back into the reserve for refitting.
After being stopped by Kampfgruppe von Saucken at Borisov they divert
north and are the first corps to cross the Berezina River. They advance
180km in five days.
29 June-1 July: Remainder of the 3rd Guards Mechanised Corps advances
quickly to the Berezina River and begins to attack the west bank. Several
bridgeheads are established allowing the corps an advance 10km south of
Begoml. Kampfgruppe von Saucken counterattack holds up crossing.
Panzergruppe
Hoppe 23 June Aleksandrov
23 June Oslikovskiy
2. Sicherungs Cavalry-
25 June Bogushevsk Mechanised
Senno 23 June Group
25 June Smolyany
25 June
Lake 299. Infanteriedivision
Orekhovsk
Lukomlskoye
Cherekhya
Oblotsy
28 June ORSHA
29 June
Krupki
BORISOV Shklov
4 July: 35th Guards Tank Brigade, supported by the 3rd Guards Mechanised
Corps assaults across the river. They strike elements of 5. Panzerdivision,
two infantry battalions, and a small number of Tigers of 505. Schwere
Panzerabteilung. Despite tenacious German defence the 3rd Guards
Mechanised Corps soon takes Molodechno.
Mogilev
It remained in the reserve until August when it took part
in operations to take back Smolensk. They were operating
with the 68th Army and the 2nd Guards Tank Corps when
they broke through the German rear and cut the Smolensk-
Roslavl rail line before taking part in the street fighting for
Smolensk in September.
In October the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps was once more
back in reserve. In November they joined the 1st Baltic Front
and the fighting for Vitebsk. It was then switched to the 2nd
Baltic Front reserves in February 1944 where it saw little
action.
In June it returned south to the 3rd Byelorussian Front to
take part in Operation Bagration. It was assigned to the
Oslikovskiy Cavalry-Mechanised Group along with the
3rd Guards Mechanised Corps. The group was commanded
by the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps’ own commander, General
N S Oslikovskiy. During Operation Bagration 3rd Guards
Cavalry Corps contained:
5th Guards Cavalry Division
6th Guards Cavalry Division
32nd Cavalry Division
1814th SU Regiment (SU-76M)
3rd Guards Mortar Battalion (120mm)
64th Guards Rocket Mortar Battalion (Katyusha)
3rd Guards Anti-tank Battalion
144th Guards Anti-aircraft Regiment
1731st Anti-aircraft Regiment
The Oslikovskiy Cavalry-Mechanised Group broke behind
the German lines at Vitebsk and raced west into eastern
Poland and on towards the German frontier. In July 1944
the group came under the command of the 2nd Byelorussian
Front, but the advance had slowed as German defences
stabilised. Eventually the group was disbanded and the
3rd Guards Cavalry Corps moved to the 2nd Byelorussian
Front reserves. On 25 July the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps was
awarded the honorific title ‘Grodnenskikh’ for the liberation
of Grodno.
In October 1944 the corps was once more assigned to the
3rd Byelorussian Front to take part in the Vistula-Oder
offensive. The offensive got underway in January 1945 with
the corps joining the front’s mobile group. The 3rd Guards
Cavalry Corps fought its way into East Prussia and fought
along the coastal regions into Pomerania in February and
March. During this fighting the 5th Guards Cavalry Division
took the town of Tannenburg, famed for battles between
the Poles and the Tutonic Order in 1410, and between the
Germans and the Russians in 1914. For this they gained the
honorific title ‘Tannenburgskikh’.
During the operations around Berlin it joined the
2nd Byelorussian Front in a mobile group in the north with
the 3rd and 8th Guards Tank Corps. The cavalry struck west
while the tanks worked their way along the coast. By the time
the war ended the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps had reached the
Elbe River.
4th Guards Cavalry Corps
The 4th Guards Cavalry Corps was formed in August 1942
from the 17th Cavalry Corps. This corps was made up of
the 9th ‘Kuban Cossack’, 10th ‘Kuban Cossack’ and the
30th Cavalry Division (which like the 32nd Cavalry Division
had the distinction of being one of the few regular cavalry
divisions to survive to the end of the war and never receive
guards status).
They bided their time in the Caucasus before being assigned
to take part in the Stalingrad counter-offensive in November
1942. At this time they also had the 110th Cavalry Division
added to the corps, an under-strength unit formed from a
Kalmuck National Division. The 4th Guards Cavalry Corps
remained in the north Caucasus region to take part in the
fighting against the Germans in that region.
January 1943 saw the corps further north in the Stavropol
area. The 110th Cavalry Division was disbanded and its
remaining troopers divided between the other three divi-
sions. In February the corps was on the move again, crossing
the Don River into Rostov-na-Donu, joining the fighting
as the Red Army pushed the Germans back the way they
had come the year before. In July 1943 it was moved to the
North Caucasus reserves before being transferred to South
Front in August.
Between September and November 1943 the corps joined
the South (later 4th Ukrainian) Front’s mobile group, forming
the one of the first Cavalry-Mechanised Groups under the
4th Guards Cavalry Corps’ commander Kirichenko. The
group also contained the 4th Guards Mechanised Corps. This
new cavalry mechanised group broke the Mius River line,
liberated most of the western Donbas region, and cut land
access to the Crimean Peninsula. The group was disbanded
in December 1943 and the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps moved
to the 2nd Guards Army where it spent its time screening the
southern stretches of the Dnepr River.

 In February 1944 the corps was moved to the 3rd Ukrainian
Front where they reformed the Cavalry-Mechanised
Group with the 4th Mechanised Group and the separate
5th Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade. The group was under the
4th Guards Cavalry Corps’ new commander I A Pliev. In
March the group attacked the rear of the Axis forces in Odessa
and cut them off from the rest of the front. They disrupted
the rear areas of both German 6th Army and Romanian
3rd Army. The operations had advanced the front 200km in
10 days by 20 April and had proved so successful that Pliev
received a telegram of congratulations from the Kremlin.
Not long after the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps received the
Order of the Red Banner and Pliev was made a Hero of the
Soviet Union. In May 1944 the corps was moved north to
take part in Operation Bagration.
For Bagration the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group was
reformed under the 1st Byelorussian Front. This time the
1st Mechanised Corps was coupled with the 4th Guards
Cavalry Corps. The 4th Guards Cavalry Corps consisted of:
9th Guards Cavalry Division ‘Kuban Cossacks’
10th Guards Cavalry Division ‘Kuban Cossacks’
30th Cavalry Division
1815th SU Regiment (SU-76M)
12th Guards Mortar Regiment (120mm)
68th Guards Rocket Mortar Battalion (Katyusha)
152nd Guards Anti-tank Regiment (76mm)
4th Guards Anti-tank Battalion (45mm)
255th Anti-aircraft Regiment (37mm)
They operated on the northern edge of the Pripyet Marshes
on the dirt roads and trails that were just dry enough to
support the tanks. The rest of the terrain was too overgrown
and swampy to allow anything other than cavalry to move
freely. During three weeks of continuous advance, they trav-
elled 500km, averaging 20km per day to finally make it across
the western Bug River. During the advance they stormed
and liberated the town of Slutsk on 25 July for which the
4th Guards Cavalry Corps were awarded the Order of Suvorov
II Class. In August the group retired to the 3rd Byelorussian
Front reserves.
At the end of August the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps moved
south to the 2nd Ukrainian Front where the Pliev Cavalry-
Mechanised Group was reformed this time with the 4th and
6th Guards Cavalry corps, and the 7th Mechanised Corps.
The Group advanced on Budapest in October 1944. The
Germans halted the Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army at Oradea
to the north, so the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group swung
90 degrees to take the town from behind on 12 October.
Between 6 and 25 October the 4th Guards Cavalry Corps
covered 525km in winter conditions. During this time they
escaped encirclement at Debrecen, cut German supply lines
at Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, and assaulted across the River
Tisza. For the fighting at Debrecen the corps was awarded
the Order of Lenin. By December 1944 the Pliev Cavalry-
Mechanised Group was north of Budapest. On 26 January
1945 the Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group became a per-
manent formation as the 1st Guards Cavalry-Mechanised
Group. They were reorganised and refitted before taking part
in the drive on Vienna in March. They then moved through
Brno and Prague in Czechoslovakia where they ended the
war. The 4th Guards Cavalry Corps was honoured in May
1945 with the Order of Kutuzov II Class for the liberation
of Brno.

MINSK Mogilev
N Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group, Operation Bagration
24 June: Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group committed to battle in support of the 26 June: 1st Mechanised Corps push the 35. Infanteriedivision back 40km,
28th Army against the 129. Infanteriedivision. opening a 40km gap in their line. The 4th Guards Cavalry Corps take Glusk
and continue to move west unopposed.
25 June: Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group moves through the gap opened by
the 28th and 65th Armies. Afternoon: Pursuing the 35. Infanteriedivision. 27 June: 1st Mechanised Corps at Glusk drives back the battered remnants of
1630: Passed through the 28th Army and towards Glusk. the 35. Infanteriedivision. 1700: Soviets pour through a gap north of Glusk
towards Slutsk.
Stolbtsy Hungarian
1st Cavalry Division 28-29 June: German LV Armeekorps broken through. Evening: Cavalry
on the outskirts of Slutsk, Kampfgruppe Schirmer attempts to delay the
4. Panzerdivision 28. Jägerdivision advance. 2200: 4th Guards Cavalry Corps crosses the river at Slutsk and the
30 June 1st Mechanised Corps joins the attack from Glusk.
Nesvizh
1-2 July Kopyl
KG Harteneck Shishitzy
Baranovichi (12. Panzer Div) Bobruisk
5. Reiter 30 June 27 June
Dnep

28 June 35. Infanteriedivision

Regiment
1-2 July 30 June KG Schirmer 26 June
r Riv

Kletsk 30 June SLUTSK

25 June
Glusk
er

Pliev cavalry-
24 June Mechanised
129. Infanteriedivision
Group

30 June: The Cavalry-Mechanised Group drive Kampfgruppe
Harteneck (including elements of the 12. Panzerdivision) out of
Slutsk. Counterattacks by the German 5. Reiterregiment (5th Cavalry
Regiment) retake the western edges of the town. After Slutsk is taken the
1st Mechanised Corps is sent west towards Baranovichi.
German reinforcements arrive in Baranovichi. 4. Panzerdivision pushes down the
main road to Slutsk to block it 20km from the town. The Hungarian 1st Cavalry
Division and the German 28. Jägerdivision also begin to arrive from 3 July.
1-2 July: German reinforcements stream in to Baranovichi and attack down
the Baranovichi-Slutsk road. A Kampfgruppe halts forward detachments of
the 1st Mechanised Corps at Kletsk. Other elements of the 1st Mechanised
Corps are more successful further to the southwest, where forces drive
towards Baranovichi.
The Pliev Cavalry-Mechanised Group’s 250km advance is finally halted by
German and Hungarian reinforcements defending Stolbtsy, keeping the
road to Minsk open.

0 Miles 20 40 60 80 100 120

 Pripyat River 0 Kilometres 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200

 Soviet

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk

Podpolkovnik Pavel Kamnev
I will always remember that day, the day that Podpolkovnik
Pavel Kamnev and his men charged. The air was crisp, cold.
The morning sun just beginning to embrace the world. We were
caught off guard by an attacking German half-track company.
Their machine guns and troops were ripping though our forward
defences. The men started to panic, but not Kamnev, not our
fearless hero. He was on his horse calling to the men to mount up
and join him. Join his charge. I heard his call and so did most
of the men there, finding our horses we followed Pavel Kamnev
into hell. Kamnev moved with grace and skill cutting down the
German troops. His sword danced as it leapt form one target to
the next, never missing never failing. I did not see him fall, none
of us did we just pressed on the attack until the Fascists were cut
down or fled the battle field. Only four men survived the charge.
I only wished that I could have joined my fellow brothers in
their glory, but it wasn’t my time. Though I followed Kamnev’s
fearless charge I was not able to join him and his men in glory.
-Leytenant I I Ivanovich
Leytenant I I Ivanovich died a few weeks later leading his
own men in a charge to take out a heavy machine-gun nest.
Without his bravery and success on that day, the battle would
have been lost. The men who were close to Lt. I I Ivanovich
said that his final wish was fulfilled and that he surely joined
Pavel Kamnev and his brave men in glory.
In 1942, at the age of 60, Podpolkovnik Pavel Kamnev of
the Krasnodar oblast was awarded the Order of Lenin for
his bravery.

Characteristics
Pavel Kamnev is a Warrior rated as a Fearless Veteran. He is a mounted Company Command SMG team. He replaces the
Company Command team of a Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk for +50 points.

Fearless Charge Always Saddled

Kamnev knows how to plan an assault and he understands
that morale plays a big part in success. Before the fight,
Kamnev inspires his men to fight to the end and never turn
back with the words ‘It is glorious for a cossack to charge
fearlessly into certain death for Mother Russia’.
When Pavel Kamnev and any Mounted Gvardeyskiy
Kazachiy Company that he has joined Launches an Assault
it is a Fearless Charge. If the charge is Pinned Down by
Defensive Fire, he may take an immediate Motivation Test
to rally the company and continue the charge.
Do to an old war wound that lodged a bit of shrapnel in his
right leg Kamnev never dismounted on the field of battle.
Pavel Kamnev can never send his horse to the rear. If a
platoon that he has joined sends their horses to the rear he
will remain mounted.
If Kamnev uses the Warrior Infantry Team Casualties rule
to avoid destruction he remains mounted, taking his aide’s
horse and sending the replacement in search of a fresh
mount.

Any teams hit by Defensive Fire during a Fearless Charge

only have a 5+ save instead of the usual 3+ save.

Master Swordsmen
Kamnev is a master of the blade, he knows how to wield his
sword quickly to gain maximum effect.

Pavel Kamnev rerolls failed Skill tests to hit in assault

combat.


 The tachanka
The tachanka machine-gun cart was invented by the
Ukrainian Anarchist forces during the Russian Civil War
of 1919 to 1922 and quickly adopted by their Red Army
opponents. The concept was simple and uniquely suited to
the circumstances—a marriage of the deadly Maksim heavy
machine-gun with the fast tachanka (pronounced ta-chan-
ka) cart common in the southern Russia.

position, wheeling around and firing their own machine-

guns back, the cavalry could pin down the enemy machine-
guns, then charge and rout their infantry.
With the Civil War long over and a new enemy threaten-
ing, the Soviet Cossacks find their tachanka carts as useful
as ever.
Tachanka
This combination used four horses abreast, chariot-style, to The Tachanka is an Unarmoured Tank team. Tachanka
give the tachanka the speed to keep up with the light cavalry machine-gun carts are not affected by the Hen and Chicks
that formed the strike forces of both sides, providing them special rule.
with the fire support they desperately needed. As a Portee mount, the crew can dismount the Maksim
With Russian battlefields lacking the impenetrable barbed- HMG and send the cart to the rear if they find themselves
wire entanglements of the Western Front, cavalry were a fighting to hold their gains instead of driving the Fascist
powerful force limited only by the enemy machine-guns’ dogs from the soil of Mother Russia.
ability to stop them. With the tachanka carts racing into


 Soviet

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk

Special Rules
Urah Pobeda!
With a loud battle-cry the cossacks charge like a tide,
stopping for nothing. No matter how heavy the fire, they
press on as to stop is death. Only by reaching the enemy can
they end the hail of fire that lashes them.

While all teams of a Mounted Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy

Company are Mounted as Cavalry, it may reroll all failed
Motivation tests to Rally from being Pinned Down.
Whether Mounted or Dismounted, Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
Companies benefit from the Quality of Quantity special
rule (see page 182 of the rulebook) requiring ten hits to
become Pinned Down by Defensive Fire if they have fifteen
or more Infantry or Gun teams in the company.

Mounted Man-packed Guns

To keep paced with the fast moving Cossacks their support
weapons were also mounted. Anti-tank rifles are strapped to
pack horses and keep pace with the riflemen in the charge,
ready to dismount and defend the objective once it is taken.

While mounted as Cavalry, Man-packed Gun teams count

as Infantry teams like all other Cavalry teams, but cannot
shoot until they dismount. Of course cavalry limbers and
wagons remain Transport teams.

Volley Fire
When the advancing Soviet army came across a German
strong point, assault guns and artillery batteries stopped to
blast it using a massive centralised volley.
Kazachiy Companies as Support
45mm obr 1942, 76mm obr 1927, 57mm ZIS-2 and
76mm ZIS-3 guns and SU-76M, SU-122, SU-152, ISU- While the cossacks often operated independently ahead of
122, and ISU-152 assault guns reroll all failed rolls To the main advance, they also worked in close cooperation
Hit when shooting at up to 16”/40cm range if they did with other formations.
not move.
Any Soviet Battalion (or Company) may take a Mounted or
Dismounted Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Company as a Support
Heavy Breakthrough Gun Option in place of either a Tank Destruction Company or
The IS-2 heavy tanks and ISU-122 and ISU-152 heavy self- a Sapper Company.
propelled guns blasted enemy gun positions into oblivion,
leaving little chance to escape their fury! Exploitation Forces
Infantry and Gun teams and Unarmoured vehicles The Cavalry-Mechanised Groups are the spearhead of the
automatically fail their saves when hit by the main gun of Soviet Breakthrough.
an IS-2 heavy tank, SU-152, ISU-122 or ISU-152 assault
A Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk are always the attacker in
gun. A Firepower Test may still be required to destroy the
missions using the Defensive Battle special rule.
target team as normal.


 Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk
Guard Cossack Regiment
(Mechanised Company)
Headquarters

Battalion HQ
A Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk must field a Battalion HQ and two to four Combat Companies, and
may field one of each the Weapons Companies shown.
It may also field one Support Company from each Support box shown (Armoured, Infantry, etc.).
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
9

Polk HQ WEAPONS companies

Combat companies (Choose one Company from each box)

Corps Support Companies (Choose one Company from each box)

Cossack Company Mortar Company Armoured
Tankovy Company

17
Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Company

18
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
Mounted Gvardeyskiy Mortar Company 12
Guards Heavy Tank Company

19
10

Kazachiy Company

Infantry
Cossack Company Armoured Guards Heavy Assault-gun

19
Company
Assault-gun Company

20
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
13

Scout Platoon
Mounted Gvardeyskiy
10

Tank Killer Company

20
Kazachiy Company
Regimental Gun
Dismounted Gvardeyskiy
11

Kazachiy Company Company

Infantry Gvardeyskiy Motostrelkovy

21
Company
Cossack Company Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
13

Regimental Gun Company Armoured Transporter Platoon

22
Mounted Gvardeyskiy Artillery
Divisional Support companies (Choose one Company from each box)
10

Kazachiy Company Heavy Mortar Company

22
Armour
Dismounted Gvardeyskiy
11

Kazachiy Company

Cossack Company Rocket Artillery

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
14

Tankovy Company Guards Rocket Mortar Battalion

23

Mounted Gvardeyskiy Artillery

10

Kazachiy Company
Anti-aircraft
Dismounted Gvardeyskiy
11

Kazachiy Company Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy

15

Anti-aircraft Company
24

Artillery Battalion
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
15

Heavy Mortar Company

Air Support
Infantry Priority Air Support
24

Limited Air Support

24

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
16

Sapper Company


 Soviet

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk

Motivation and Skill
Cossacks learn to ride before they learn to walk. Combine this with a long military tradition and you get some of the finest
soldiers in the Red Army. A Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk is rated as Fearless Trained.

Headquarters

Battalion HQ POLKOVNIK
POLKOVNIK
Headquarters
Battalion HQ 35 points
Options Company Command 2iC Command Battalion Cavalry
Cavalry Rifle team Cavalry Rifle team Komissar team
• Add Anti-tank Rifle Platoon for +35 points.
Battalion HQ
• Mount all PTRD anti-tank rifles as Cavalry for
+10 points. LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
• Add Sapper Platoon for +75 points.
• Mount all Pioneer Rifle teams as Cavalry for
Pioneer Pioneer
+15 points. Anti-tank Anti-tank Rifle team Rifle team
• Equip Sapper Platoon with Pioneer Supply cavalry Rifle team Rifle team
wagon for +20 points.
Pioneer Pioneer
• Add Anti-aircraft Platoon equipped with DShK AA Rifle team Rifle team
MG on trucks for +65 points, or with ZSU M17 Anti-tank
Rifle team
MGMC self-propelled guns for +80 points.
Anti-tank
rifle platoon Pioneer Supply
cavalry wagon
While cavalry may appear an anachronism in modern
Sapper platoon
warfare, the Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk (Guards Cavalry
Regiment, pronounced Gvard-ye-ysk-iy Ka-zach-y Polk) is LEYTENANT
an essential part of the Red Army. The Soviet Union is vast
and much of it is lacks a proper road system, making it dif-
ficult for trucks to keep up with the advance of tanks. Most
DShK AA MG DShK AA MG DShK AA MG
breakthroughs are exploited by cavalry mechanised groups to on truck on truck on truck
counter this problem. Anti-AIRCRAFT
platoon
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk


 Combat Platoons
Mounted Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Kapitan
Company Kapitan

Company
HQ Section with: Command Rifle/MG team
4 Kazachiy Platoons 365 points HQ Section
3 Kazachiy Platoons 280 points
2 Kazachiy Platoons 195 points Leytenent Leytenent
1 Kazachiy Platoon 110 points
Options Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
• Replace all Rifle/MG teams with SMG teams in one
Kazachiy Platoon at no cost.
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
• Add a Machine-gun Platoon of up to four Tachanka
machine-gun carts for +25 points per cart.
• Mount all Maxim machine-guns to allow them to Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
fire as a self-defence AA MG for +10 points.

Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team

A Mounted Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Company may elect to Kazachiy Platoon Kazachiy Platoon
dismount before the start of the game sending their horses
to the rear and out of play for the rest of the game. Leytenent Leytenent

Cavalry should be used as an striking force hitting the

enemy’s flanks and rear. The cossacks were the masters of Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
flanking manoeuvres, using their dismounted troops to pin
the enemy they use the speed and manoeuvrability of the Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
cavalry to out flank them, cut off their reinforcements, and
secure the objective.
Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
The Tachanka is a fast-moving horse-drawn cart mounting
a Maxim machine-gun. These brave men advance with
the cavalry and lend as much-needed heavy machine-gun Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
support, pinning down the enemy as the cavalry charge. Kazachiy Platoon Kazachiy Platoon
Modified to allow anti-aircraft fire, the Tachanka becomes
LEYTENANT
even more versatile.

Tachanka Tachanka

Tachanka Tachanka

Machine-gun platoon

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Company

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Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk

Dismounted Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN Serzhant

Company Maksim HMG Maksim HMG

Command
HQ Section with: Rifle/MG team
4 Kazachiy Platoons 305 points Maksim HMG Maksim HMG
HQ Section
3 Kazachiy Platoons 235 points Machine-gun
2 Kazachiy Platoons 165 points Platoon
1 Kazachiy Platoon 95 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Options
• Replace all Rifle/MG teams with SMG teams in one
Kazachiy Platoon at no cost. Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
• Add a Machine-gun Platoon of up to four Maksim
HMG teams for +25 points per team. Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
Kazachiy Kazachiy
When facing a major action, the cossacks dismount a signifi- Platoon Platoon
cant part of their force to pin the enemy from the front while
the mounted troops work around the flanks. LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

The dismounted troops operate as rifle companies, launch-

ing attacks to force the enemy to commit their reserves and Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
draw their attention.
The cavalry charging out of the forests to their rear will either Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
cement the victory of the dismounted troops, riding down Kazachiy Kazachiy
the fleeing foe, or take them in the rear, crushing the enemy Platoon Platoon
between two fires, Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Company

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 Weapons Platoons
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Mortar KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN

Company
Command Rifle team Observer Rifle team
HQ Section with: HQ Section
3 Mortar Platoons 155 points
2 Mortar Platoons 125 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
1 Mortar Platoon 65 points
Option 82-BM-41 Cavalry 82-BM-41 Cavalry
• Add Observer Rifle team for +15 points. mortar Limber mortar Limber

• Add up to one 82-BM-41 mortar to each platoon for

+20 points for the company. 82-BM-41 Cavalry 82-BM-41 Cavalry
mortar Limber mortar Limber
• Add cavalry limbers and mount the Command and
Observer Rifle teams as Cavalry for +5 points per
platoon. 82-BM-41 Cavalry 82-BM-41 Cavalry
mortar Limber mortar Limber

The 82-BM-41 mortar is the ideal weapon to keep the

fascists at bay. The massed batteries pin enemy troops and 82-BM-41 Cavalry 82-BM-41 Cavalry
heavy machine-guns in their foxholes. mortar Limber mortar Limber
Mortar Platoon Mortar Platoon
Big Battalions
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With enough weapons even the 82-BM-41 mortar can
laydown a devastating bombardment.
An Artillery Bombardment fired by nine or more weapons 82-BM-41 Cavalry 82-BM-41 Cavalry
mortar Limber mortar Limber
uses a double-width Artillery Template to determine which
teams can be hit and rerolls failed To Hit rolls.
82-BM-41 Cavalry 82-BM-41 Cavalry
mortar Limber mortar Limber
Mortar Platoon
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy MORTAR Company

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Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Regimental Kapitan
Gun Company Kapitan

Company
Command Rifle team
HQ Section with: HQ Section
2 Regimental Gun Platoons 85 points
1 Regimental Gun Platoon 50 points Leytnant Leytnant
Options
• Replace all 76mm obr 1927 guns with 45mm obr 76mm obr Cavalry 76mm obr Cavalry
1942 guns for +5 points per platoon. 1927 gun Limber 1927 gun Limber

• Replace all 76mm obr 1927 guns with 57mm ZIS-2

guns for +45 points per platoon. 76mm obr Cavalry 76mm obr Cavalry
1927 gun Limber 1927 gun Limber
• Add cavalry limbers and mount the Command Rifle
Regimental Gun Regimental Gun
team as Cavalry for +5 points per platoon. Platoon Platoon

The brave men of the regimental gun company are always
ready for combat. They ride into the fray, ready to unlimber
at any moment to knock out dug-in heavy machine-guns or
clear out anti-tank guns.
A Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Regimental Gun Company may
make Combat Attachments to Combat Platoons.
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
Regimental Gun Company
A Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Regimental Gun Company uses
the Horse Artillery movement special rule (see page 46 of
the rulebook) and Volley Fire rule. A Company that dis-
mounts using the Horse artillery rule may still use the Volley
Fire rule to shoot.

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Scout Platoon Leytenent

Leytenent
Company
HQ Section with: Command SMG team
2 Scout Squads 165 points
HQ Section
1 Scout Squad 100 points
Options Serzhant Serzhant

• Mount all SMG teams as Cavalry for +10 points per

Scout Squad. SMG team SMG team

Mounted Soviet scouts are a key asset to Kazachiy Pulk, pro-

viding important intelligence needed to form a proper battle
plan. During night operations the scouts are responsible for
finding primary targets and enemy outposts. After detecting
potential targets, the scout platoon infiltrates a friendly unit,
guiding it to it target under the cover of night.
Having the increased mobility and speed of cavalry allows
these scouts traverse some of the harshest terrain of the war in
a quick and effective manner, while still avoiding detection.
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Scout Platoons are an exception to the
Centralised Control special rule. They operate as a normal
platoon.
SMG team SMG team
Scout Squad Scout Squad
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
Scout Platoon
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Scout Platoons can use the Infiltration
special rule on page 182 of the rulebook as if they were a
Scout Platoon. If dismounted, they may infiltrate with a
Dismounted Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Company rather than a
Strelkovy Company, Submachine-gun Company, or Storm
Group. If mounted, they may infiltrate with a Mounted
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Company instead.

A Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Scout Platoon is a Reconnaissance

Platoon and is rated as Fearless Veteran.

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 Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk Support Companies
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Tankovy KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN

Company
10 T-34 obr 1942 470 points
9 T-34 obr 1942 440 points Command tank
8 T-34 obr 1942 405 points HQ Section
7 T-34 obr 1942 370 points
6 T-34 obr 1942 330 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
5 T-34 obr 1942 285 points
• Replace up to five T-34 obr 1942 tanks with T-34/85
obr 1943 tanks for +20 points per tank. Tank Tank
• Upgrade all T-34 obr 1942 and T-34/85 obr 1943
tanks to have Cupolas for +10 points for the
company. Tank Tank
• Mount Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all T-34
tanks for +15 points per team.

10 T-70 obr 1943 225 points Tank Tank

9 T-70 obr 1943 210 points
8 T-70 obr 1943 195 points
7 T-70 obr 1943 180 points
6 T-70 obr 1943 160 points
5 T-70 obr 1943 140 points
10 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 480 points
9 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 445 points
8 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 410 points
7 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 375 points
6 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 340 points
5 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 295 points
• Arm any or all M4 tanks with .50 cal AA MG for
+5 points per tank.
• Replace up to five M4 tanks with M3s (M3 Lee)
tanks at no cost.
• Mount Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all M3 or
M4 tanks for +15 points per team.
10 Mark III (Valentine II) 275 points
9 Mark III (Valentine II) 260 points
8 Mark III (Valentine II) 240 points
7 Mark III (Valentine II) 225 points
6 Mark III (Valentine II) 200 points
5 Mark III (Valentine II) 170 points
• Replace any or all Mark III (Valentine II) with Mark
III (Valentine VIII) tanks for +5 points per tank.
Tankovy Platoon Tankovy Platoon
LEYTENANT
Tank Tank Tank
Tankovy Platoon
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Tankovy Company
The effective T-34 obr 1942 medium tanks given to us by
the industrious Mother Land will indeed give our cavalry the
advantage over the fascists who rightly fear our mighty tanks.
Our Cossacks being able to keep up with the tanks, together
they will crush our enemies in their massive assaults.
Now that we have the T-34/85 obr 1943 even the heavy
armoured tanks of the fascists will not save them as they
cower from our mighty hordes.
Our foreign allies have not forgotten Mother Russia and
has provided us with their support. These tanks the M4A1
Sherman, M3 Lee, and the Valentine II and VIII, will work
well once true Soviet patriots take them into combat. What
the Sherman lack in style and grace is easily compensated by
the men of glorious Red Army.

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Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Polk

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Heavy Mortar KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN

HQ Section with:
3 Mortar Platoons 200 points Command Rifle team Observer Rifle team
2 Mortar Platoons 145 points HQ Section
1 Mortar Platoon 80 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Options
• Add Observer Rifle team for +15 points.
120-PM-38 Cavalry Limber 120-PM-38 Cavalry Limber
• Add cavalry limbers and mount the Command Rifle mortar mortar
and Observer Rifle teams as Cavalry for +5 points.
120-PM-38 Cavalry Limber 120-PM-38 Cavalry Limber
Bombardments of 120-PM-38 heavy mortars will force the mortar mortar
fascists cowards out of their foxholes securing almost certain Mortar Platoon Mortar Platoon
victory for our Cossacks heroes to move in and take the ob-
LEYTENANT
jective. When heavy artillery is out of range or unavailable
the mighty Red Army can rely on these heavy mortars to
unleashes a steady unforgiving bombardment. 120-PM-38 Cavalry Limber 120-PM-38 Cavalry Limber
mortar mortar
Mortar Platoon
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
Heavy MORTAR Company

Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Artillery KAPITAN

Battalion KAPITAN

Company
Command Staff team Cavalry wagon Observer
HQ Section with: Rifle team Rifle team
8 76mm ZIS-3 field guns 230 points HQ Section
4 76mm ZIS-3 field guns 135 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Options
• Add Observer Rifle team for +15 points. 76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun
• Add cavalry limbers and mount the Command Rifle
and Observer Rifle teams as Cavalry for +5 points.
Cavalry limber Cavalry limber

Finding that Fascists are cowards and men without honour

the only way to deal with them is do blow them off the 76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun
face of the earth and the men of the Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy
Artillery performed this task to great result. Our 76mm ZIS- Cavalry limber Cavalry limber
3 field guns not only provide our glorious army with artillery Gun Platoon Gun Platoon
but also provide devastating anti-tank abilities. The men of
the ZIS-3 field guns would perform either function often
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
finding themselves defending the front line for the glory of
Mother Russia.
76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun

A Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Artillery Battery uses the Horse

Artillery movement special rule (see page 46 of the Cavalry limber Cavalry limber
rulebook) and Volley Fire rule. A Battery that dismounts
using the Horse artillery rule may still use the Volley Fire 76mm ZIS-3 field gun 76mm ZIS-3 field gun
rule to shoot.

Cavalry limber Cavalry limber

Gun Platoon Gun Platoon
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Artillery Battery

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 Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Sapper KAPITAN
Company KAPITAN

Company
HQ Section with: Command Pioneer Supply
Rifle team cavalry wagon
2 Sapper Platoons 210 points
HQ Section
1 Sapper Platoon 110 points
Options LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

• Mount all Pioneer Rifle teams as Cavalry for

+20 points. Pioneer Pioneer
Rifle team Rifle team
• Add Pioneer Supply cavalry wagon for +25 points.

Need to fix a bridge? Navigate a minefield? Secure certain Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
victory over the fascists cowards? Our heroic Soviet Pioneers Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
will do it all for the glory of Mother Russia.
The heroic and brave men of the pioneer companies strive Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer Pioneer
Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team Rifle team
constantly to perform and execute their tasks to better the
SAPPER Platoon SAPPER Platoon
great Red Army. No job is too small, no sacrifice is to big.
Gvardeyskiy Kazachiy Sapper Company

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Corps Support
Corps Support Companies

Motivation and Skill

Corps Support Companies and Platoons are rated Confident Trained unless otherwise stated under the individual Company
and Platoon entries.

Tankovy Company KAPITAN

KAPITAN
Company
10 T-34 obr 1942 415 points
9 T-34 obr 1942 390 points
8 T-34 obr 1942 360 points Command tank
7 T-34 obr 1942 330 points HQ Section
6 T-34 obr 1942 300 points
5 T-34 obr 1942 265 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
• Replace up to five T-34 obr 1942 tanks with T-34/85
obr 1943 tanks for +15 points per tank.
• Upgrade all T-34 obr 1942 and T-34/85 obr 1943 Tank Tank
tanks to have Cupolas for +10 points for the
company.
10 Mark II (Matilda II) 335 points Tank Tank
9 Mark II (Matilda II) 315 points
8 Mark II (Matilda II) 295 points
7 Mark II (Matilda II) 270 points
6 Mark II (Matilda II) 240 points Tank Tank
5 Mark II (Matilda II) 205 points Tankovy Platoon Tankovy Platoon
• Replace any or all Mark II (Matilda II) tanks with LEYTENANT
Mark II 76mm (Matilda II CS) tanks at no cost.
10 M3s (M3 Lee) 410 points
9 M3s (M3 Lee) 385 points Tank Tank Tank
8 M3s (M3 Lee) 355 points Tankovy Platoon
7 M3s (M3 Lee) 325 points
Tankovy Company
6 M3s (M3 Lee) 290 points
5 M3s (M3 Lee) 250 points While the T-34 medium tank remains the mainstay of the
tank forces and older lend-lease tanks still play an important
10 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 425 points role, two new tanks are starting to make their mark.
9 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 400 points
8 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 370 points The new T-34/85 that entered production at the end of 1943
7 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 335 points is joining existing battalions. They are a major improvement
6 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 300 points on the earlier T-34/76, having a new turret with thicker
5 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 260 points armour mounting a long 85mm gun. This new tank is more
• Arm any or all M4 tanks with .50 cal AA MG for than a match for the fascist Mark IV tanks, and approaches
+5 points per tank. the massive Panther tank in its killing power.
Along with this, the lend-lease M4 tank, or emcha, is proving
Option
to be well-armed and reliable and an excellent supplement to
• Mount Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all tanks for the T-34.
+15 points per team.

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 Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Company KAPITAN
KAPITAN
Company
10 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 480 points
9 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 445 points
8 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 410 points Command Tank
7 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 375 points HQ Section
6 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 340 points
5 M4 (M4A2 Sherman) 295 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

• Arm any or all M4 tanks with .50 cal AA MG for +5

points per tank.
Tank Tank
Company
10 T-34/85 obr 1943 625 points
9 T-34/85 obr 1943 585 points
8 T-34/85 obr 1943 540 points Tank Tank
7 T-34/85 obr 1943 495 points
6 T-34/85 obr 1943 440 points
5 T-34/85 obr 1943 385 points
Tank Tank
• Upgrade all T-34/85 obr 1943 tanks to have Cupolas
Tankovy Platoon Tankovy Platoon
for +10 points for the company.
LEYTENANT
Company
10 Mark III (Valentine VIII) 325 points
9 Mark III (Valentine VIII) 305 points
8 Mark III (Valentine VIII) 280 points Tank Tank Tank
7 Mark III (Valentine VIII) 260 points Tankovy Platoon
6 Mark III (Valentine VIII) 230 points Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Company
5 Mark III (Valentine VIII) 195 points
Option Gvardeyskiy Tankovy Companies are Guards troops. As such
they are always rated Fearless Trained.
• Mount Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all tanks for
+15 points per tank.
Reliable Valentina tanks come from our other ally, the British.
The stout workers of British industry have built a sturdy and
Many Guards units have the honour of being armed with dependable light tank. It is not as fast as our superior Soviet
Inomarochnikiy (foreign – pronounced, in-o-ma-roch-nik-iy) machines, but they do have good armour and a good gun for
tanks, the 3-y Gvardeyskiy Mechanizirovanniy Korpus destroying fascist tanks.
(3rd Guards Mechanised Corps) among them. After months
of intensive training we Emcha tankers (Lend-lease M4 However, it has no machine-gun and we must use it with
Sherman tank – pronounced, Em-cha, because a 4 looks caution near enemy infantry. Instead it is ideal for providing
like the Russian letter ч–cha) are ready to play our part in fire support for the Emcha in battle and flanking attacks.
crushing the Fascist dogs.

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Corps Support
Guards Heavy Tank Company KAPITAN
KAPITAN
Company
5 IS-2 780 points
4 IS-2 625 points
3 IS-2 470 points
Company Command tank
• Arm any or all IS-2 tanks with .50 cal AA MG for
+5 points per tank. HQ Section

IS-2 tanks benefit from the Heavy Breakthrough Gun LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
special rule.

5 KV-85 525 points

4 KV-85 420 points
3 KV-85 315 points Heavy tank Heavy tank

5 KV-1s 425 points

4 KV-1s 340 points
3 KV-1s 255 points Heavy tank Heavy tank
Tank Platoon Tank Platoon
5 Mark IV (Churchill III or IV) 370 points
4 Mark IV (Churchill III or IV) 295 points GUARDS HEAVY TANK Company
3 Mark IV (Churchill III or IV) 220 points
With such a high proportion of officers in the company,
Option Guards Heavy Tank Companies use more sophisticated
• Mount Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all tanks for tactics than most Soviet troops. They are not affected by the
+15 points per team. Hen and Chicks special rule.

As one would expect Guards Heavy Tank Companies are Guards

troops. As such they are always rated Fearless Trained.

Guards Heavy Assault Gun Company KAPITAN

KAPITAN
Company
3 SU-152 275 points
2 SU-152 180 points
Command Assault gun
5 ISU-122 625 points HQ Section
4 ISU-122 500 points
3 ISU-122 375 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

5 ISU-152 610 points

4 ISU-152 490 points
3 ISU-152 370 points Assault gun Assault gun

Options
• Arm any or all ISU-122 or ISU-152 assault guns
with .50 cal AA MG for +5 points per assault gun. Assault gun Assault gun
• Mount Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all assault Assault gun Assault gun
guns for +15 points per team. Platoon Platoon

Remember to use the Volley Fire special rule when firing GUARDS HEAVY Assault gun Company
at teams within 16”/40cm while stationary.
Guards Heavy Assault Gun Companies use more sophisti-
Assault guns in a Guards Heavy Assault Gun Company
cated tactics than most Soviet troops. They are not affected
benefit from the Heavy Breakthrough Gun special rule.
by the Hen and Chicks special rule.

Guards Heavy Assault Gun Companies are Guards troops.

As such they are always rated Fearless Trained.

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 Assault Gun Company KAPITAN
KAPITAN
Company
5 SU-76M 190 points
4 SU-76M 150 points
3 SU-76M 115 points Command Assault gun
HQ Section
4 SU-122 165 points
3 SU-122 125 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

Option
• Mount Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all assault Assault gun Assault gun
guns for +15 points per team.
Remember to use the Volley Fire special rule when firing
at teams within 16”/40cm while stationary.
Assault gun Assault gun
Assault guns follow the infantry as they advance. Whenever Assault gun Assault gun
Platoon Platoon
the infantry report enemy anti-tank guns and machine-gun
emplacements, the assault guns help deal with the problem, Assault gun Company
blasting the enemy out of their holes before moving on again
always pressing forward.

Tank Killer Company KAPITAN

KAPITAN
Company
5 SU-57 150 points
4 SU-57 120 points
3 SU-57 90 points Command Assault gun
HQ Section
5 SU-85 275 points
4 SU-85 220 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
3 SU-85 165 points
Option
Assault gun Assault gun
• Mount Tankodesantniki SMG teams on all assault
guns for +15 points per team.

Some Assault guns units fill a more specialised role and are Assault gun Assault gun
dedicated to the anti-tank work. These weapons are armed Tank Killer Tank Killer
with excellent anti-tank guns like the US M1 57mm gun Platoon Platoon
of the Lend-lease SU-57 or the 85mm D-5S gun of the Tank Killer Company
SU-85.

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Corps Support
Gvardeyskiy Motostrelkovy Company KAPITAN
KAPITAN Serzhant
Company
HQ Section with: Maksim HMG Maksim HMG
Command Komissar
3 Motor Rifle Platoons 410 points SMG team team Machine-gun
Platoon
2 Motor Rifle Platoons 280 points
1 Motor Rifle Platoon 145 points HQ Section

Options LEYTENANT LEYTENANT

• Add Komissar team for +15 points.
• Add Maksim HMG teams for +25 points per team. SMG team SMG team

The motostrelkovy are armed with submachine-guns and are

SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
deployed as an assault force. These ingenious Soviet light
weight, rapid fire weapons are ideal for closing with the
enemy. Fire support from an array of Soviet weapons pin SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
the fascists in their positions, hindering them from respond-
ing to the rapid advance of the motostrelkovy. Once close the
SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team
motostrelkovy spray the enemy with hot lead before assaulting
the fascists and ejecting them from their positions! Motor Rifle Motor Rifle
Platoon Platoon
LEYTENANT
Gvardeyskiy Motostrelkovy Companies are Guards troops.
As such they are always rated Fearless Trained.
SMG team SMG team SMG team

SMG team SMG team SMG team SMG team

Motor Rifle Platoon
Gvardeyskiy Motorstrelkovy Company

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 Armoured Transporter Platoon Leytenant
LEYTENANT
Company
HQ Section with: Command M3A1 armoured
4 Rifle Squads 230 points Rifle/MG team transporter
3 Rifle Squads 180 points HQ Section
2 Rifle Squads 130 points
Serzhant Serzhant
Options
• Replace all Rifle/MG teams with SMG teams at no
cost. Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team

• Replace AA MG on any or all M3A1 armoured

transporters with 0.5” AA MG’s for +5 points per M3A1 armoured transporter M3A1 armoured transporter
vehicle. Rifle Squad Rifle Squad
• Replace all M3A1 armoured transporters with tur-
retless BA‑10M or captured Sd Kfz 251 armoured Serzhant Serzhant
transporters at no cost.
• Replace all M3A1 armoured transporters with Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team Rifle/MG team
one Universal Carrier armoured transporter per
Rifle/MG team for +5 points per Rifle Squad.
M3A1 armoured transporter M3A1 armoured transporter
Rifle Squad Rifle Squad
Armoured Transporter Platoons are not subject to the
Armoured Transporter Platoon
Centralised Control and Hen and Chicks special rules.

The razvedchiki of the Armoured Transporter Platoon are
often leading the way as the Soviet exploitation forces drive
through breached defences and chase down the fleeing
Fascist forces. With a myriad of weapons that includes rifles,
machine-guns, submachine-guns, and flame-throwers, they
ride into battle mounted in armoured transporters.
Armoured Transporter Platoons are elite specialists and are
always rated Fearless Trained.
You may replace up to one Rifle/MG or SMG team with a Flame-
thrower team at the start of the game before deployment.

Heavy Mortar Company KAPITAN

KAPITAN
Company
HQ Section with: Command Rifle team Observer Rifle team
3 Mortar Platoons 180 points
HQ Section
2 Mortar Platoons 130 points
1 Mortar Platoon 70 points LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Option
• Add Observer Rifle team for +15 points. 120-PM-38 Truck 120-PM-38 Truck
• Add trucks for +5 points for the Company. mortar mortar

What makes mortars ideal for working with the mobile 120-PM-38 Truck 120-PM-38 Truck
mortar mortar
troops of the exploitation forces is their light weight and
Mortar Platoon Mortar Platoon
ease of movement. The rapid advances of tankovy and
motostrelkovy battalions make it difficult for the big guns of LEYTENANT
the artillery to keep up. Soviet industry solved this problem
with the creation of the impeccable 120mm mortar. The
120-PM-38 Truck 120-PM-38 Truck
light, but hard hitting, 120-PM-38 mortar can be deployed mortar mortar
with the ease of a lighter mortar and has the firepower of Mortar Platoon
a field gun. The fascists cannot rely on trenches to protect
Heavy MORTAR Company
them from the might of Soviet military power!

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Corps Support
Guards Rocket Mortar Battalion PODPOLKOVNIK
PODPOLKOVNIK LEYTENANT
Company
HQ Section with:
4 Rocket Mortar Platoons 210 points Command Observer
2 Rocket Mortar Platoons 135 points Rifle team Rifle team DShK AA MG on truck
1 Rocket Mortar Platoon 85 points
Options Truck
• Model BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers with five HQ Section DShK AA MG on truck
or more crew and count each rocket launcher as two Anti-AIRCRAFT
platoon
weapons when firing a bombardment for +10 points
per Rocket Mortar Platoon.
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
• Add Anti-aircraft Platoon for +40 points.
• Replace all DShK AA MG in trucks with two 37mm
obr 1939 guns towed by trucks for +10 points for
the platoon. BM-13 Katyusha BM-13 Katyusha

A Guards Rocket Mortar Battalion is rated as Fearless

Trained. BM-13 Katyusha BM-13 Katyusha
Rocket mortar Rocket mortar
Like little Katy, the Katyusha of the popular song, our rockets platoon platoon
wail as they scream their way to the enemy. The Fascists call
the Katyusha ‘Stalin’s Organ’ for its long launch rails and its LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
dreadful music.
Devastating Bombardment
The reliable Katyusha rocket launchers are ready to signal the BM-13 Katyusha BM-13 Katyusha
beginning of the offensive. Very little can withstand the fury
of a full Katyusha battalion!
An Artillery Bombardment fired by nine or more weapons
BM-13 Katyusha BM-13 Katyusha
uses a double-width Artillery Template to determine which
teams can be hit and rerolls failed To Hit rolls. Rocket mortar Rocket mortar
platoon platoon
An Artillery Bombardment fired by fourteen or more Guards Rocket Mortar Battalion
weapons, uses a template 12”/30cm square to determine
which teams are hit and rerolls failed To Hit rolls.

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 Aircraft LEYtenant
Leytenant
Priority Air Support
Il-2M Tip 3M Shturmovik 290 points
Il-2 Shturmovik 270 points
IL-2 Shturmovik
Limited Air Support
Il-2M Tip 3M Shturmovik 225 points
Il-2 Shturmovik 200 points IL-2 Shturmovik IL-2 Shturmovik
Flight

Flight

Anti-aircraft Company KAPITAN

KAPITAN
Company
HQ Section with:
Command Rifle team
3 Anti-aircraft Platoons 145 points
HQ Section
2 Anti-aircraft Platoons 100 points
1 Anti-aircraft Platoon 55 points
LEYTENANT LEYTENANT
Option
• Add trucks at no cost.
37mm obr 1939 gun 37mm obr 1939 gun
The hard work of the crews of the 37mm obr 1939 gun in
their defence of the skies of the Motherland goes a long way
towards victory. They keep the Luftwaffe at bay, allowing the Truck Truck
troops on the ground to focus on winning the battle without
the worry of being bombed.
37mm obr 1939 gun 37mm obr 1939 gun

Truck Truck
Anti-aircraft Anti-aircraft
Platoon Platoon
LEYTENANT

37mm obr 1939 gun 37mm obr 1939 gun

Truck Truck
Anti-aircraft Platoon

Anti-aircraft Company

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SOViEt ARSENAL

Arsenal
TANK TEAMS
Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Light Tanks
T-70 obr 1943 Fully-tracked 4 2 1 Co-ax MG, Limited Vision, Wide-tracks.
45mm obr 1938 gun 24”/60cm 1 7 4+
Mark III (Valentine II) Fully-tracked 6 5 1 Co-ax MG, Slow tank.
OQF 2 pdr gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
Mark III (Valentine VIII) Fully-tracked 6 4 1 Protected ammo, Slow tank.
OQF 6 pdr gun 24”/60cm 2 10 4+

Medium Tanks
T-34 obr 1942 Fully-tracked 6 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Fast tank, Limited vision, Wide-tracks.
76mm F-34 gun 32”/80cm 2 9 3+
T-34/85 obr 1943 Fully-tracked 7 5 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Limited vision.
85mm D-5T gun 32”/80cm 2 12 3+
Mark II (Matilda II) Fully-tracked 7 6 2 Co-ax MG, Slow tank, Unreliable.
OQF 2 pdr gun 24”/60cm 2 7 4+
Mark II 76mm (Matilda II CS) Fully-tracked 7 6 2 Co-ax MG, Slow tank, Unreliable.
OQF 3” gun 24”/60cm 2 5 3+
M3s (M3 Lee) Fully-tracked 5 3 1 Co-ax MG, Cupola MG.
M3 37mm gun 24”/60cm 3 7 4+
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+ Hull mounted.
M4 (M4A2 Sherman) Fully-tracked 6 4 1 Co-ax MG, Hull MG.
M3 75mm gun 32”/80cm 2 10 3+

Heavy Tanks
KV-1s Fully-tracked 8 6 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Turret-rear MG, Wide tracks.
76mm F-34 gun 32”/80cm 2 9 3+
KV-85 Fully-tracked 9 7 2 Co-ax MG, Turret-rear MG, Slow tank.
85mm D-5T gun 32”/80cm 2 12 3+
IS-2 Fully-tracked 10 8 2 Co-ax MG, Turret-rear MG, Slow tank.
122mm D-25T gun 32”/80cm 1 15 2+
Mark IV (Churchill II or IV) Fully-tracked 8 7 2 Co-ax MG, Hull MG, Protected Ammo, Slow tank, Wide tracks.
OQF 6 pdr gun 24”/60cm 3 10 4+

Assault Guns
SU-57 Half-tracked 1 0 0
M1 57mm gun 24”/60cm 3 10 4+ Hull mounted.
SU-76M Fully-tracked 3 1 0 Wide-tracks.
76mm ZIS-3 32”/80cm 2 9 3+ Hull mounted.
SU-85 Fully-tracked 5 5 1
85mm D-5S 32”/80cm 2 12 3+ Hull mounted.
SU-122 Fully-tracked 5 5 1
122mm obr 1938 howitzer 24”/60cm 2 10 2+ Hull mounted.
SU-152 Fully-tracked 7 6 2 Slow tank.
152mm ML-20S gun 32”/80cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Hull mounted.
ISU-122 Fully-tracked 9 7 2 Slow tank.
122mm D-25S 32”/80cm 1 15 2+ Hull mounted.
ISU-152 Fully-tracked 9 7 2 Slow tank.
152mm ML-20S gun 32”/80cm 1 13 1+ Bunker buster, Hull mounted.

Rocket Launchers
BM-13 Katyusha Wheeled - - -
BM-13-16 rocket launcher 64”/160cm - 2 4+ Rocket launcher.

Anti-aircraft Machine-guns
DShK AA MG on truck Wheeled - - - Awkward layout.
DShK AA MG 16”/40cm 4 4 5+ Anti-aircraft, Portee.
ZSU M17 MGMC (quad .50 cal) Half-tracked 1 0 0 Awkward layout.
M45 quad .50 cal MG 16”/40cm 6 4 5+ Anti-aircraft.

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Armour
Name Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes
Weapon Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower

Cavalry Machine-guns
Tachanka Cavalry Wagon - - -
Maksim HMG 24”/60cm 6 2 6 Portee, HMG Carrier.

GUN TEAMS
Weapon Mobility Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Notes
PTRD anti-tank rifle Man-packed 16”/40cm 2 5 5+ Tank Assault 3.
Maksim HMG Man-packed 24”/60cm 6 2 6 ROF 2 when pinned down.
82-BM-41 mortar Man-packed 40”/100cm - 2 6
120-PM-38 mortar Light 56”/140cm - 3 3+
76mm obr 1927 gun Light 16”/40cm 2 5 3+ Gun shield.
Firing bombardments 64”/160cm - 3 6
DShK AA MG Man-packed 16”/40cm 4 4 5+ Anti-aircraft, Turntable.
37mm obr 1939 gun Immobile 24”/60cm 4 6 4+ Anti-aircraft, Turntable.
45mm obr 1942 gun Light 24”/60cm 3 8 4+ Gun shield.
57mm ZIS-2 gun Heavy 32”/80cm 3 11 4+ Gun shield.
76mm ZIS-3 field gun Heavy 32”/80cm 2 9 3+ Gun shield.
Firing bombardments 80”/200cm - 3 6

INFANTRY TEAMS
Team Range ROF Anti-tank Firepower Weapons and Notes
Rifle team 16”/40cm 1 2 6
Rifle/MG team 16”/40cm 2 2 6
SMG team 4”/10cm 3 1 6 Full ROF when moving.
Flame-thrower team 4”/10cm 4 - 6 Flame-thrower.
Komissar team 4”/10cm 1 1 6
Staff team cannot shoot Moves as a Heavy Gun team.

Additional Training and Equipment

Pioneer teams are Tank Assault 4.

TRANSPORT TEAMS
Armour
Vehicle Mobility Front Side Top Equipment and Notes

Trucks
ZIS-5 3-ton, ZIS-6 4-ton, Dodge ¾-ton,
or Studebekker 2½-ton truck Wheeled - - -

Armoured Transporters
M3A1 armoured transporter Jeep 1 0 0 Passenger-fired AA MG.
BA‑10M converted armoured transporter Jeep 1 0 0 Passenger-fired MG.
Captured Sd Kfz 250 or 251 half-track Half-tracked 1 0 0 Passenger-fired MG.
Universal Carrier Half-tracked 0 0 0 Passenger-fired MG.

Horse-drawn
Cavalry Wagon Cavalry Wagon - - -
Cavalry limber Cavalry Wagon - - -

AIRCRAFT
Aircraft Weapon To Hit Anti-tank Firepower Notes
Il-2 Shturmovik Cannon 3+ 9 5+ Flying tank.
Bombs 4+ 5 1+
Rockets 3+ 6 3+
Il-2M Tip 3M Shturmovik Cannon 3+ 12 4+ Flying tank.
Bombs 4+ 5 1+
26 Rockets 3+ 6 3+